In the men's matches Whangaruru continued their unbeaten march at the top.

Manessah Hetaraka-Sadler, who scored 22 points, was well backed up by LJ Hetaraka-Sadler, Tevin Henare, Lattrell Matthews and Toki Hill.

The tough full court press created turnovers and their quickness and speed was the telling factor in Whangaruru's 103-76 win over the Royals. Keeghan Sadler played another outstanding game scoring 29 points.

Muriwhenua's lack of numbers was to cost them dearly in their game against Maunu Lights.

It was a slow start to the game for the visitors, with Muriwhenua having the bare five players to use. But they all put in a gutsy effort to match the Lights shot for shot until halfway through the fourth quarter.

They trailed by just three points 34-37 at the half-time break but in the final quarter the lead blew out a bit more to give the Whangarei side an 83-70 win.

The O'Donnell brothers Atama and Arahi top scoring for Muriwhenua with 21 and 22 points respectively.

Ethan Penney was a live wire for the Lights again, running the lanes well. Penney scored 26 points for Maunu with Hayden Hill and Ruel Gare supporting him with 17 points each.

Portland Blazers got over a slow start to beat City Hawks 112-80 but with the guidance of Raymond Cameron and Corey Tetai they found momentum to get ahead at half-time 50-34.